#b8aee5

Color #b8aee5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b8aee5

RGB

rgb(184, 174, 229)

HSL

hsl(250.9, 51.4%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.9, 24%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(73.62, 14.73, -26.27)

LCH

lch(73.62, 30.12, 299.28)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0781, 292.82)

HWB

hwb(250.9, 68.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe5ae

Analogous

#aebfe5

#b8aee5

#d3aee5

Triadic

#b8aee5

#e5b8ae

#aee5b8

Split-complementary

#b8aee5

#e5d3ae

#bfe5ae

Tetradic

#b8aee5

#e5aedb

#dbe5ae

#aee5b8

Square

#b8aee5

#e5aebf

#dbe5ae

#aee5d3

Shades

Color #b8aee5 mixed toward black.

#8b7bd5

#5f48c4

#443198

#2d2166

#171033

Tints

Color #b8aee5 mixed toward white.

#c4bbe9

#d0c9ee

#dbd6f2

#e7e4f6

#f3f1fb

Tones

Color #b8aee5 mixed toward gray.

#bbb3e0

#beb7dc

#c1bcd7

#c4c0d3

#c7c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4d9 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#b4b5d6 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#b8d0cd · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8aee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8aee5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b8aee5 (#b8aee5) is rgb(184, 174, 229) in RGB.

No, #b8aee5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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